pigeon controller Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 I had a call yesterday that the pigeons were hitting the rape on a farm which is next to the farm with twenty odd gas guns. So after walking the pup I loaded the Disco and set out. It had been a hard frost and it was still foggy with little wind which are the type of conditions I never do well in as I like a good breeze to make the pigeons set for the decoys rather than just drift over your head and drop into the pattern. When I arrived at the field it had about 150 birds sitting in the tall trees at the far end. Which is a long walk and also if I set up by the trees I would be shooting into the sun so I opted to shoot the other edge of the field at the trees with the slight breeze left to right. The sun was on my back through the hedge and would set to my left. This made the pattern of ten on cradles and two on the magnet in slight shadow at preset but would make the birds fly into the sun later on. All set up at 10.30. First two birds came straight in so the set up was O K, these two went on to flying frame as if coming in from the distant trees. The next hour was steady shooting and the birds were coming back in low numbers then it just turns off the gas guns were all working around me but for an hour I never saw a bird so I decide the walk the circumference of the field and found a good number of fresh feathers, so it had been shot or an adjacent field had been shot with the wounded birds dropping in the trees around this field loads of feather groups but no carcases. I stuck it out until 16.00 hoping that I may get a reverse flight line back to roost but only had a few stragglers return, I picked up 48 pigeons so the farmer was happy that I had kept them off for a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1985 Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Another great report pc! if you ever decide to change phone numbers I’ll take your current one 🤣 they are the sorts of calls I’d like to receive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Thanks for posting. Recovering well from Covid I would say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Good stuff PC 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hitman Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 Well done PC another good write up. The crop does look well eaten down so excellent crop protection service for the farmer, and a crack day of sport for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 Glad to see a smile back on your face P C , looking forward in seeing your four legged companion in the photos as well before to long . I am pretty sure some of us would have gave it a miss in yesterdays cold , frosty weather , no wind and with a slight fog , not ideal shooting over a large area of rape , in a way the gas guns going off could have been to your advantage as it save you putting out any rope bangers and kept a few on the move. Good bag and I hope you are feeling near to your normal self Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted January 17, 2022 Report Share Posted January 17, 2022 I'd have preferred 6 rows of 8, or 8 rows of 6. Sort it out for next time yeah? Good report and glad to see you taking some good bags recently 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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